Friday, June 02, 2017

Of course, they are popping champagne corks, but the nuttiness and offensiveness of some - who view accepting the reality of climate change as somehow affecting their masculinity - is on full display.

Stand tall, Professor Davidson.

Update: In examining the Paris decision, David Roberts at Vox re-visits his tribalist/cosmopolitan dichotomy explanation for Trump, and at the end of this section, the "masculinity must dominate again" aspect gets a mention:

Trump is a tribalist

The hallmark of tribalism (a term I prefer to
“nationalism,” as it gets at the deeper roots) is that it views the
world in zero-sum terms — if one tribe benefits, it is at another
tribe’s expense. As has been much remarked (see my post on Trump’s mindset),
this describes Trump to a tee. He views all interactions, both personal
and international, in terms of dominance and submission.

Tribalism has also entirely subsumed the US conservative movement.
The intellectual core has all but rotted; what remains are older, rural
and suburban white men and their wives, angry that their tribe is being
demoted from its hegemonic position. At a barely beneath-the-surface
level, Trumpism is about restoring old hierarchies: the powerful over
the powerless, whites over minorities, men over women.

Clearly, you can see how this is so true, when you read the many examples at Catallaxy.

1 comment:

It is quite amusing and sad that as the evidence of climate change only gets stronger and stronger they continue to deny.It is not just Katesy now they are all looneys. Calling the blog Straitjacket would be more accurate!